Painting-machine.



PATEN'IED OCT. l0, 1905.

I'. KOELSGH & L. H. ZIMMER, JR.

PAINTING MACHINE APPLICATION FILED JUNEB, 1905.

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UNITED SVI TESV IE NT GFFICE.

FRANK KOELSCH AND LOUIS H. ZIMMER, JR., OF SCRAN'ION, PENNSYLVANIA.

PAINTING-MACHINE.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1905.

Application filed June 8,1905. Serial No. 264,230.

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be it known that we, FRANK Koetsen and LoUIs lHI. ZIMMER, Jr., citizens of the United States, and residents of Scranton,in the county ot' Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have made a certain new and useful invention in Painting-Machines; and we declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the invention, reference being had to the accompanying' drawings, and to letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part otl this specitication.

The invention relates to means for painting barrels and kegs, and especially beer-kegs; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of parts as hereinafterset forth.

In the accompanyingdrawings, illustrating the invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view ot' the machine, and Fig. 2 is a verticalcrosssection of the same just inside the framing.

In the drawings the letter 'zo represents a frame, the base a of which has a pair ot' rollers p and a pair of rollers pivoted thereto and extending' upward therefrom, to provide rotary bearings for a keg 2, placed thereon for painting. The pair of rollers p is provided with a shat't r, which is extended at fr and provided with a crank wheel or pulley at s in order to facilitate turning this pair of rollers by hand or power. Then this set of rollers is turned, the keg will rotate on the rollerbearings p and z.

The uprights ot' the frame support crossbars 2' and 3 above the base and over the roller- The upper cross-bar 2/ is usually slotted longitudinally and carries the painttanks c, which have spouts extending downward through the slots of the bar to the unionjoints 5, which are provided with stop-valves (5. 'Io these union-joints are connected rubber tubes S, which are provided at their lower ends with brass discharge-nozzles adapted to supply paint to the brushes of the brush-heads 9 and l() of the painting-arms. These discharge-nozzles are also provided with stopvalves.

The lower cross-bar 3 is parallel to the crossbar 2' and is provided with a fulcrum-pin at 11 for a lever c, the upper and lower arms otl which are respectively connected to end levers 12 and 13 by means of connecting-rods. The

levers 12 and 13 are pivotcd to the cross-bar 3 by means of pins, and a series of apertures let is provided in order to change the angular relation otl the levers 12 and 13 in accordance with the size of the keg being painted. The levers 12 and 13 carry the lower brush-heads 9 for painting the ends of the keg. These brush-heads are movable along' the arms 12 and 13 by means of short levers (l and ,7), pivoted to said levers 12 and 13 and connected to said brush-heads by rods 15. A spring 16 on the connecting-rod holds the brushhead outward to the chime ot' the keg, whence it is designed to be gradually moved by the shortlever t or to the center ot' the end or head of the keg in order to completely paint such end or head. By means ot' the lever cboth brushheads can be applied to or removed from the heads of the keg.

The levers 12 and 13 are designed to have their pivotal points adjustable to\ yard or from the base in order to accommodate different sizes ot' kegs. In painting beer-kegs radial adjustments are required, as there are two sizes of such kegs.

The cross-bar 3 is provided with longitudinal slots /L on each side ot' the fulcrum 11 of the lever c to receive bearing pins or bolts of the adjustable slide-blocksf, which are provided with threaded seats Jfor the screw-shan ks el ot' the upper brush-heads 10, which are operated to paint the convex rounded side of the keg. The Shanks ot' the brush-head 10 are threaded, and they have cranks at their upper ends whereby they are turned as the painting is carried over the kegt'rom its ends toits middle portion or the reverse in order to accommodate the brush -heads to the variations in height ot' the swell otl the keg side.

Both upper brush-heads 10 and lowel brushheads 9 are laterally and vertically adjustable to accommodate the work.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a keg-painting machine, the combination with a roller-bearing base, of laterally and vertically adjustable end-painting brushes and side-painting brushes, means for supplying paint thereto, and means for turning the rollerbearings, substantially as specified.

2. In a keg-painting apparatus, the combination with roller-bearings and a shaft for op- IOO erating the same, of upper valvecl brush- In testimony whereof We afliX our signatures heads, their threaded Shanks and valved supin presence of two Witnesses.

ply-tubes, the lower brush-heads, asystern of 1 levers for applying the same, their adjusting- 5 levers and connections, and valved supplytubes, and paint-supply tanks to Which such Witnesses: supply-tubes are connected, substantially as JOHN B. RADER, speoied. CHARLES A. KIESEL. 

